. Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley. s Wil-liams, whose grandmother was the Eunice Williamsof the Deerfield raid, sister of the Rev. Stephen Wil-liams of Longmeadow. In 1800 Thomas Williamsbrought to Longmeadow his two boys, Eleazer andJohn, to be educated under the care of Deacon Na-thaniel Ely, who had married the grandniece of EuniceWilliams. Eleazer was converted in the old meetinghouse, under the preaching of Mr. Storrs, and latereducated for missionary work among the Indians. InJuly, 1822, he engaged in missionary labors among theIndians at Green Bay, Wisconsin, wher

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. Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley. s Wil-liams, whose grandmother was the Eunice Williamsof the Deerfield raid, sister of the Rev. Stephen Wil-liams of Longmeadow. In 1800 Thomas Williamsbrought to Longmeadow his two boys, Eleazer andJohn, to be educated under the care of Deacon Na-thaniel Ely, who had married the grandniece of EuniceWilliams. Eleazer was converted in the old meetinghouse, under the preaching of Mr. Storrs, and latereducated for missionary work among the Indians. InJuly, 1822, he engaged in missionary labors among theIndians at Green Bay, Wisconsin, where, in 1841, hereceived a mysterious visit from Prince de Joinville,eldest son of King Louis Phillippe. Eleazer Williamsdied in 1858. Any one who wishes to acquaint him-self with the details of the strange story of the lostBourbon will do well to read a paper by the Hanson, published in the February number ofPutnams magazine, 1853. The story is also well toldby Mary C. Crawford in her interesting book, TheRomance of Old New Englcmd Churches. 105. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. CHICOPEE

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